1. a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; - Example: "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods" [syn: period, geological period]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
geological period
n 1: a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks
formed; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier
geological periods" [syn: period, geological period]